Boston's The Gourmet Pizza unveils $500K renovation

July 25, 2007

IRVING, Texas — Dallas-based Boston's The Gourmet Pizza will re-open its Irving, Texas, location following a $500,000 makeover.   The Irving store, which…

UK Domino's franchisee under investigation

July 25, 2007

The Mirror: Union lawyers are investigating Domino's Pizza outlets in Britain operated by franchisee Surinder Kandola. East European workers at the outlets…

Cheese prices ease slightly

July 25, 2007

CHICAGO — Pizzeria owners are getting some small relief from the skyrocketing cheese prices that have put a damper on profits.   The price of block cheese on…

Pizza crusts cross flavor edge

Hungry Howie's finds success in flavored-crust niche.  

Chuck E. Cheese comps off 1.6 percent

July 24, 2007

IRVING, Texas — Same-store sales for CEC Entertainment Inc., parent company of the Chuck E. Cheese brand, declined nearly 2 percent for the second quarter…

Pizza Pizza completes Pizza 73 acquisition

July 24, 2007

TORONTO — Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund and Pizza Pizza Limited have completed the previously-announced acquisition of Flying Pizza 73 Inc.   The Pizza…

Investigators seek clues in delivery driver death

July 24, 2007

KSAT (San Antonio, Texas): Officials with the Kendall County, Texas, sheriff's office are searching for clues into the stabbing death of a pizza delivery…

Domino's net off 91 percent on recap charges

July 23, 2007

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Domestic comparable-store sales at No. 2 pizza chain Domino's Pizza Inc. rose 2.1 percent for the second quarter ended June 17, compared…

Eureka Pizza wins competition with PB&J wings

July 23, 2007

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Eureka Pizza won the "Most Exotic" category at Northwest Arkansas Mall's "Wing Fest 2007" Father's Day competition. The winning item was…

Ohio teens charged in driver slaying

July 23, 2007

Columbus Dispatch: Matthew Quintana, 16, and Kali Armstrong, 17, both of Newark, Ohio, have been charged in the July 10 shooting death of pizza delivery…

Minimum wage increase takes effect

July 23, 2007

Washington Post: Minimum wage rises 70 cents to $5.85 an hour today, the first increase in a decade.   The increase ends the longest span without a federal…

Pizza Patron debuts phone card

July 22, 2007

DALLAS — Pizza Patron has been named as the premier distributor for the initial launch of BlagCard, an unlimited calling card to Mexico. The chain will begin…

Bad weather boosts sales at UK Domino's

July 22, 2007

Guardian Unlimited: Sales at Domino's UK operations were up by almost 15 percent for the first six months of 2007 compared with the previous year, with…

Pizzeria owner bakes wedding pizza

July 22, 2007

Zanesville Time-Recorder (Ohio): Karen McMillen, owner of East of Chicago Pizza in Coshocton, Ohio, baked a test version of a wedding pizza last week in…

Savona Foods merges with Stavola

July 19, 2007

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Foodservice distributors Savona Foods and Stavola Foodservice have merged to form Savona-Stavola, servicing New Jersey, Delaware and…

Sales climb at Pizza Patron

July 19, 2007

DALLAS — Comparable-store sales at Latino pizza brand Pizza Patron increased 27.2 percent for the second quarter, the company announced. The increase is the…

Utah Little Caesars fined for labor violations

July 19, 2007

KUTV(Salt Lake City): Little Caesars franchisee Caesars Utah has been fined more than $110,000 by the Department of Labor. The company's restaurant in Sandy…

Domino's founder unveils town, Catholic university

July 19, 2007

Detroit Free Press: Ave Maria University, the university founded by Domino's founder Tom Monaghan, is moving to Florida this week. The town Monaghan founded…

DC Madam called Papa John's

July 19, 2007

WHAS11.com (Louisville, Ky.): Deborah Jean Palfrey, who has been charged with running a prostitution ring in Washington, D.C., made two calls from her Sprint…

Pizza man fitted for collar bomb, warrant says

July 18, 2007

Centre Daily Times (Central Pennsylvania): Brian Wells, the pizza deliveryman who was killed when the collar bomb he was wearing exploded after he robbed a…